This Committee is responsible
for:
(a)
developing the role of Members,
particularly within their local community,
(b)
keeping the Constitution under
review and making recommendations to Council on any changes that
may be required,
(c)
when asked by the Executive,
contributing where appropriate to the development of the
Council’s response to developments in government policy
impacting local democracy as a whole
(e.g., local government reform),
(d)
keeping the Committee structure
under review and making recommendations to Council as and when
necessary, on the number, names, terms of reference, size and political proportionality of
Committees,
(e)
making recommendations to
Council as and when necessary, on the political proportionality of
the Council’s representation on other authorities, joint
Committees and partnership
bodies,
(f)
the removal of Local Authority
Governors to school governing bodies,
(g)
the removal of Local Authority
nominees to the Management Committees of Pupil Referral Units
(PRUs),
(h)
the removal of Local Authority
governors to Academies,
(i)
for making or arranging the
following appointments and nominations:
i.
Parent Governor Members of Council
Committees,
ii.
independent appeal Panels (school admissions and
exclusions),
iii.
independent members of Social Services Complaints
Review Panels,
iv.
the selection Panel for the Independent Person and
members of the Member Remuneration Panel,
v.
any other non-Council Members on Council
Committees,
(j)
making appointments and
nominations on behalf of the Council to serve on outside bodies
(except those needing to be made by the Leader in connection with a
delegation by them of their functions, the list of those
appointments to be agreed between the Leader and the Committee from
time to time),
(k)
monitoring expenditure on
Members allowances, expenses and services, and any Members’
Grants Schemes,
(l)
overseeing all Member
accommodation, facilities and support
services, including conferences, training, secretarial and other
Officer support, and making recommendations to the relevant Cabinet
Member, as appropriate,
(m)agreeing
arrangements for Member attendance at conferences,
(n)
determine requests from a lead
petitioner for a review of the Council’s response to a
petition in accordance with Petition Scheme,
(o)
to receive reports from the
Committee’s Member Development Sub-Committee, and
(p)
to receive reports from
informal Member Working Groups where they do not report
elsewhere.